Welcome to the 21 Day Combat Yoga Challenge
January 31, 2021 - Day 21
Each day’s class will be available all day right here on the 21 Day Intro to Vinyasa Flow Yoga Challenge. Below the video are helpful tools and recaps to guide you through the 21 day challenge.
“The whole purpose of the last 21 days was to combine the yoga practice with the philosophy of combat to refine you into a stronger, more resilient, adaptable and intentional human being in everything you do.”
- Em Hrovat
Namaste
We want to thank you for spending the last 21 days with us. We had so much fun creating this challenge bringing together our two passions. The seed that sprouted what we created was a blog post Em wrote after hearing Andy on a podcast. Below is the blog post for you to read. Enjoy!
Em & Andy
The armor of a steadfast spirit.
July 22, 2020 Written By Em Hrovat
To be steadfast is to be unwavering in the conscious participation of your own life.
With the current state of our World, every day brings new questions, confusions, frustrations. Right when you think you’ve found footing on this impossible ground, something else shows up to shake the land and knock you on your ass again. I get it. How are we supposed to be grounded and centered when things are the way they are?
It’s been 18 weeks since the lock down first began here in the US. I bet by now you’ve experienced a taste of the ‘clear vision’ promised by 2020 and suddenly have a better understanding of what is and isn’t working in your life. Plans have been cancelled and reconsidered. People are leaving cities and heading to rural safe havens. Jobs are being terminated and a lot of us are left wondering, who am I now? Where do I fit within this new normal?
With businesses having to close their doors, relationships and habits being questioned and reconsidered, and plans burning to the ground, it’s important to remember this fact. The only thing you can ever control in life is yourself. You are not at the mercy of the sways of the world, you simply need tools to skillfully navigate the unpredictable and sometimes unpleasant waters of this experience.
The 5 things you can control are a tool to find grounding when everything around you feels uncertain or unreliable. They help to redirect your efforts toward more skillful choices by understanding what is and is not worth responding and reacting to. What this world needs now more than ever, are more individuals living consciously, awake and aware of how their actions are contributing to their life and to those around them.
Control yourself. Your habits and choices are the root of everything in your life. You always get to choose your response, you get to choose what thoughts you accept and reject, and you decide your level of commitment to the quality of your own self care and consistent growth as a person.
Control your environment. You are the average of everything you consume and everything you give your time and energy to. Who are you spending time with and communicating with the most? Do they uplift you or drain you? What are you watching and listening to? Are you honest and reliable? How do you respond to adversity and things not going your way? How do you treat those around you? You are always in the seat of control. If something in your life is not in alignment, it is up to you to allow it to stay or courageously move forward without it. What you consume, ends up consuming you. You are what you eat - mind body and spirit.
Control your actions. You see something that goes against your personal opinion, someone hurts your feelings, you get fired, your partner strikes a nerve, seven red lights in a row when you’re already late. How do you respond? The easiest way to own your actions and feel good about them is to pause before every response. Before you hit send, before you open your mouth, before you leap forward, before you take another step, stop. Take 5 breaths and notice each one as you are taking it. Remember who you want to be in this world and how you want to make others feel when you are around them. THEN respond. This practice alone will change your life.
Control your situation. Stay or go. Allow or set a boundary. You’ll never find the next door if you’re too busy criticizing the room you don’t belong in. Complaints separate you from important self reflection and growth. If you don’t like your situation, change it. If you love your situation, nourish the f*k out of it.
Control your story. How you relate to the happenings of your life, determines the quality and sustainability of your experience of contentment. You have permission to unsubscribe to any story you’ve been telling yourself about your place in the world that no longer serves you. You are not stuck where you land, and you always get to choose the ending.
The steadfast warrior is not at the mercy of the sways of the world. Rather, the steadfast warrior is someone who has the heart to contribute to this world with more intention, and the backbone to be selective with what thoughts, habits, people and experiences are subscribed to and allowed in.
“You can either be the victim or the victor. So what I like to say is BE THE LEAD. BE THE HERO. AND DO IT ALL!”
— Andy Hrovat
